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COMMON TERMS CONTINUED
Quantitative data:
Population thresholds:
Service points:
Spatial data:
South African Spatial Data
Infrastructure
Spatial Development Framework A framework, as defined in the Spatial Planning and Land Use
Spatial information:
Trade area analysis:
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Data that can be quantified in the form of counts or numbers.
Parameters indicating the minimum and maximum number
of People that can be served by a facility in a particular time
period.
Offices, mobile service units and other physical points where
citizens come into contact with government to get information,
communicate with government and transact services.
Spatial data is any data with a direct or indirect reference to
a specific location or geographical area, such as natural or
constructed features. Spatial data is usually stored as co-
ordinates and topology, and is data that can be mapped with the
aid of a GIS.
The national technical, institutional and policy framework,Infrastructure
established by section 3 of the Spatial Data Infrastructure Act, to facilitate
the capture, management, maintenance, integration, distribution and use
of spatial information in South Africa.
Management Act, used to guide decision-making in spatial
planning and development priorities of a municipality’s current
and future land use.
Spatial Information describes the physical location of objects
and the relationship between objects. It is sometimes referred to
as spatial data.
A methodology that is used to identify the geographic area
of jurisdiction or influence of service points.